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No Charges Filed In Canadian Nursing Home Abuse Case
A Canadian man became suspicious when bruises and cuts began appearing on the face of his mother, an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s patient. He placed a hidden camera in her nursing home room and quickly uncovered evidence of nursing home abuse. In … Continue reading
Colorado Nursing Home Aide Arrested On Two Counts of Sexual Abuse
Federal regulations call for a thorough investigation anytime accusations of abuse are leveled against a nursing home staff member. However, it’s up to individual states to ensure that these investigations have been properly managed. For nursing home administrators, these investigations … Continue reading
State Nursing Home Report Cards Raise Awareness and Questions
A non-profit “citizens advocacy” group based in Tallahassee, Florida has compiled information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Kaiser Health Foundation Staffing Data, and information from the state Long-Term Care Ombudsman program to compile an A-F score … Continue reading
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11 Die In Chinese Nursing Home Blaze
Eleven residents in a Chinese nursing home outside of Beijing were killed in a fire set by one of the residents living in the hospice wing of the facility. The nursing home housed 283 residents altogether. The resident who started the fire was one … Continue reading
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Kentucky Heads List of Dangerous Nursing Homes
The not-for-profit journalism organization ProPublica has done a fantastic job compiling the national nursing home information available through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For the first time, families have access to a resource that can help them take … Continue reading
Is Oklahoma “Granny Cam” Bill A Watershed Moment For Nursing Homes?
On April 24th, the Oklahoma House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that will allow nursing home residents and their legal guardians to place security cameras in the rooms of their loved ones without penalty or retribution. This is not the first “granny cam” law … Continue reading
Are Nursing Home Fingerprint Checks Effective?
State legislators in Kentucky seem willing to let protections for nursing home residents in the form of fingerprint background checks expire. At the same time, they’re refusing to set up any kind of registry for nursing home employees guilty of … Continue reading
Background Check Omission Puts All Nursing Home Residents At Risk
The Winchester House nursing home in Libertyville, Illinois failed to conduct proper background checks for fifteen residents admitted to the facility. According to the receptionist at Winchester House, “Since the new company took over, we are behind in getting background … Continue reading
Inflammatory News Headline Misrepresents Nursing Home Injury
A 66-year-old nursing home resident produced a folding knife and slashed the throat of a nurse who was attempting to administer his eyedrops in a Baltimore area nursing home last year. The man was convicted of assault, given a suspended … Continue reading
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Nursing Home Abuse May Be Cause of Latest Nursing Home Shooting at Josephine
A man in a Washington State nursing home is accused of shooting and wounding an employee of the Josephine facility. The Josephine, it should be noted, is a massive complex consisting of a 160-bed nursing home, a 57-bed assisted living … Continue reading
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